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Arumugam (transl. Six Faces) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suresh Krishna and written by Rashid Premji. The film stars Bharath and Priyamani, while Ramya Krishnan, Saranya Mohan, Sathya, and Karunas, among others, play supporting roles. The music was composed by Deva. The film released on 25 September 2009 and was panned by critics as well as audience. This movie was based on Rajinikanth starred movie Annaamalai, which was released on 1992.

Arumugam
Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Written by	Rashid Premji
Produced by	Chida.Shenbaga Kumar
Starring	Bharath Priyamani Ramya Krishnan Saranya Mohan Sathya Sara Alambra Karunas Ilavarasu Seetha
Music by	Deva
Production company	Kool Productions
Distributed by	Mannan Films
Release date	25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Synopsis

Arumugam (Bharath) is a Good Samaritan who makes a living selling idlis on a roadside platform shop along with his father (Ilavarasu), sister Mallika (Saranya Mohan) and sidekick (Karunas). Arumugam is in love with his childhood sweetheart Yamini (Priyamani) His best friend is the rich kid Karthik (Sathya), whose sister is an arrogant tycoon Malini Devi (Ramya Krishnan). She and her uncle (Mahadevan) hates Karthik's deep bonding with Arumugam, who she finds to be below her stature. Malini, through her machinations, is able to separate the friends and bring Arumugam to the streets. Arumugam, after his mother's (Seetha) grave is bulldozed and Mallika is humiliated, vows to bring Malini to the streets. Due to his hard work and smart moves, he becomes the richest man in the town and takes his revenge.

Cast

• Bharath as Arumugam
• Priyamani as Yamini
• Ramya Krishnan as Malini Devi
• Saranya Mohan as Mallika (Arumugam's sister)
• Sathya as Karthik (Arumugam's friend and Malini's brother)[1]
• Sara Alambara as Karthik's wife
• Karunas as Arumugam's sidekick
• Ilavarasu as Arumugam's father
• Seetha as Arumugam's mother
• Pithamagan Mahadevan as Malini's uncle
• Mayilsamy as O. C. Idly Customer
• Abhinay as Karthik's lawyer
• Manobala

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Perarasu.[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Aarumugam	Deva, Shankar Mahadevan	Perarasu	05:11
2	Yamini	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	Pa. Vijay	05:43
3	Salona	Udit Narayan, Sonu Kakkar		05:03
4	Endhan Rajadhi	Mahalakshmi Iyer		03:11
5	Oru Poongatru	Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shankar Mahadevan		03:23
6	Rendu Rendu	Suraj, Madhushree		04:52

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics who compared it with director's own film Annamalai due to its similar plot.[3] Sify labelled the film as "poor" cited that the film "makes you feel suffocated and every scene is predictable".[4] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff labelled the film as a "ridiculous fare", giving it merely 0.5 out of 5 stars.[5] Behinwoods wrote calling it "outdated story taken in a manner that would have worked in the mid 90s".[6]

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